Red Kru blooming
 

The flag leaf is behind the green leaf you see here:


Here you can see the flag leaf emerging:


I'll update the thread with the progress :)

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Kru in the wiki:
http://www.bananas.org/wiki/Musa_Kru

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Awesome, Jarred!

How tall is the plant?

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Probably about eight or nine feet of pseudostem, maybe 12'-13' overall.
I'll post an overall picture of the whole plant so you can see.

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Very cool! It looks like a single plane plant. Are they all that way?

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This is one of the ugliest bananas I'm growing!

It's a slow twist. It's not on a single plane like Strelitzia but in photos it looks that way.

I say it's one of the ugliest because the leaves quickly brown at the edges and get real tattered. The pseudostem can't be cleaned up really well, there's always an abundance of fiberous brown dead matter no matter how much you try and peel off it comes right back, so I leave it alone. And the colors aren't really anything to write home about.

The bud is emerging today. Between this rain I'll try and snap some new photos.

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My Re Iholene is similar - leaves get gold and tattered pretty quick and the pseudo stems are always shaggy.

Terry

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Sounds to me like you guys are not quite the surgeon of pseudo stems that I am! I go after mine with a single edge razor blade and get all that brown stuff off! :2727:

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good job!

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Today's pictures

















What a pretty bloom!

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Beautiful!!!

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Really impressive and looking very different from the regular types.

Cassie

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I love pics of plants after it rains. Thanks

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Here's a pic from a few days ago, good overall shot of the plant in daylight:


And today's pics:

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Got a new bunch, enjoy the pics (taken today):















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Congratulations - awesome pics and fruit. Is the pink colour confined to the skin or are the ends of the fruit slightly coloured too?

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The fruits are silghtly golden yellow:



This one had split open while still hanging from the plant, it's from the empty peel you see if you look close at the pics above.

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Nice!,did you taste it yet?.whats the flavor like?

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I really like the looks of this banana- really nice looking fruits congrats

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Yes, I tasted the last bunch I had a few months ago. They are fruity and delicious! One of my favorites. The bunch bloom to ripening time is very fast, too. The colors are awesome. So many reasons why I like it, but yes, the flavor is way superior to store bought bananas. They are very fruity aromatic and sweet.

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Jarred are there two types of Kru or is red Kru the propper name for it ?

I ask because I have one and it was just called plain Kru. I got it a year ago from a dealer in the states as a small TC and the damn thing hasn't grown an inch since I got it.

Excellent pics by the way.

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I've read and been told that there are two, red and green. HOWEVER, Agri-Starts, the big tissue culture company where most of the nurseries get theirs from, only lists it as "Kru", not red or green. Theirs is red though.
AnnaJW has a plant labeled kru that looks green here:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showp...=500&ppuser=14
I've read JeffreyP once wrote that Red Kru can turn green by a shift in soil PH.

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btw, Mark, I would nurture it if its not moving, when season comes you might want to dig around it and pack some compost down by the roots. These are worth the tlc effort!

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Thanks Jarred. I would take your advice BUT its still only about 5"tall and in a small pot. It wasn't from Agris that I got it . It was Eldons. After seeing yours it makes me want to persivere with this little fella all the more. Though I think it will soon follow in the path of the Namwah pearl that it came with.

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Great pictures. Can't wait to see a banana bloom in person! :sumbrero:

Newbie question- do the banana flowers have a odor? good or bad?

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To me, Orinoco have a distinct scent.
There's slight variation between the cultivars.

The scent is not so pleasant but it's not offensive either.

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^^^ Thanks for the reply. The thought struck me as I was looking at your photos for some reason.....:2757:

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And to think, that plant started out like this:

:)